Today, the minimum wage has increased by 25c from $12.75 to $13 an hour. For young people who are still being trained for the job, their pay has increased by 20c from $10.20 to $10.40. At $13 an hour, this comes to $520 for a 40-hour week. The median

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

揭秘 说走就走的旅行、朋友圈昨日的记者会上,外交部长王毅妙语连珠,而译出这些妙语的翻译孙宁也给中外媒体留下了深刻印象。在此前召开的政协新闻发布会上,翻译张蕾对任性、铁帽子

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口译

外交部发言人华春莹例行记者会(2016年1月25日)Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunyings Regular Press Conference on January 25, 2016应外交部长王毅邀请,美国国务卿约翰克里将于1月26日至27日访华。双方将就中

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口译

GWEN IFILL: The escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine was a key topic as world leaders met today in Amsterdam. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner has been traveling in Ukraine for the past week and has this report. MARGARET WA

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

During the last week, three major murder trials came to an end. The first one to end, last Wednesday, was a trial of an immigrant from Zimbabwe, George Gwase, for the murder of his niece, 10-year old Charlene, in Christchurch. He was found Not Guilty

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The agricultural company PGG Wrightson Ltd signed an agreement today with Silver Fern Farms Ltd for the two companies to join together. Silver Fern Farms is a meat processing company which kills farm animals for meat and sells the meat in NZ and over

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A Maori, Gerrard Otimi, has been arrested by the police for selling false visas to Pacific Island people. He offered to adopt them into his hapu, or tribe. They paid him $500 for this and he put a stamp in their passport which he said gave them a vis

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Milan Mindanao Moammar Gadhafi, 利比亚总统卡扎菲 Mogadishu, the capital of Somali Mohammad Fahim (Afghan Defense Minister) Mohammad Khatami (the president of Iran) Mohammad Zahir Shah (Afghan

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50 years ago this week, television was introduced to New Zealand. Then there was only one channel available, in black and white, and New Zealanders with tv sets had to pay the government an annual licence fee of £4. There have been many changes sin

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

On Thursday night, in Christchurch, two people were killed by a car which was being chased by a police car. Around 8pm, the police saw a car travelling at about 90kmh in a 50kmh zone. They followed the car. Thirty seconds later, the driver drove thro

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The Prime Minister, Mr Key, announced that a Maori flag was chosen for Waitangi Day. It will fly on the Auckland Harbour Bridge and Parliament along with the New Zealand flag. The Maori flag is black, red and white with a koru design. The koru is a y

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

This is AP News Minute. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday. The meeting comes amid sharp accusations surrounding the chemical weapons attack in Syria last week. Fans of a German foo

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A former senior lawmaker from Xinjiang has been put under investigation for graft. Li Zhi is the former deputy head of the standing committee of the People's Congress in Xinjiang. The Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has made the

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Tomorrow is ANZAC Day, a day when New Zealanders and Australians remember soldiers who died in Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. See April 25th 2008 . 1915 was during the First World War. ANZAC Day, however, is a day to remember all New Zealand soldiers

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Today was the beginning of New Zealand music month. Every May for the last 10 years, New Zealand has celebrated our own music. The Auckland band, Opshop, decided to do something different to celebrate 10 years of New Zealand Music month. They hired a

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(184) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

On October 1st, GST will increase from 12.5% to 15%. This is a 2.2% increase. At the same time, we will have tax cuts on our pay. Benefits will also increase a little to help with the higher GST. Listen to May 20th 2010 for more about tax cuts and th

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The Big Day Out is a Rock Music Festival that lasts 12 hours, starting at 11am tomorrow. It is held once a year towards the end of January in Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland and then in some of the bigger cities in Australia. There are about 40 acts. Th

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

In April, the Law Commission gave the government a report on alcohol problems in New Zealand. The report recommended 152 changes. The government now has decided to accept 126 of these recommendations. The main changes affect young people under the ag

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Tomorrow afternoon, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, will read the Budget in Parliament. The Budget tells us how much money the government expects to have next year and how the government plans to spend it. The Prime Minister has already talked

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Listen first to yesterdays podcast, What is the Budget? There were only a few surprises in todays Budget. One was about tax cuts. All workers, the rich and the poor, will pay less income tax. People earning less than $14,000 a year will pay 10.5% inc

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